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last night jg+i watched porky's for the first time. it's a high school flick whose sole premise is sex. it makes the american pie series look like an after school special.
anyway, there was a scene with three guys peeping at a bunch of girls in full frontal nudity taking showers. one of the peeping toms exclaimed something like, "i've never seen so much wool! there's enough to knit a sweater!"
that concludes the pornographic portion of schmeebot knitting today.
after porky's, i decided to graft the hood of the bpt. i was in get-it-over-with mode even though it was almost midnight. i finished it in less than ten minutes. i thought to myself, "damn, i'm good!" and only after i had darned in the remainder length of yarn did i realize that i had used stockinette grafting the entire length, right through the purled stitches, leaving unsightly dents where the purls meet. bah!
i'm a little ashamed to admit that i didn't fix it. i noticed the unsightliness after jg had already congratulated me on finishing it so that's the way it will have to be: thuy's unsightly bpt.
it's a good thing i woke up this morning still in g.i.o.w. mode. i darned in the rest of loose ends, tightened the gaping stitches where the underarms meet the body, and blocked it. can you believe that this is the very first time i've blocked my knitting?
the bpt is akimbo in the bathroom right now and it smells like a wet dog. i soaked it in the sink for five minutes. then i spent thirty minutes squeezing it dry before shaping it. i have it spread on two thick towels on the tile floor because there isn't a better surface in the house.
speaking of which, what do you use for blocking? i'm interested in learning how it can be done practically because i really don't want to have to own a blocking board. i'd love to hear how you block your knitting.
i spent a lot of time petting the hem of the body, the part that the icord couldn't help unroll. it's looking really flat now and i hope that it will stay that way after it dries.
i have to admit that this bpt sweater looks fairly respectable all blocked out. even jg thinks it looks good. i check on it on an hourly basis, still pulling and tugging at various parts. i really really hope that it will turn out decent. i would like to prove to myself that patterns are my friends.
i should be able to show you a few pictures tomorrow. i promise!
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